Re: Mitanni and Matsya

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 56854
Date: 2008-04-06

On 2008-04-06 12:55, Miguel Carrasquer Vidal wrote:

> Sure. Varuna could have been derived from *wer-, *werH-,
> *Hwer-, *HwerH-, *wel-, *welH-, *Hwel- or *HwelH-.

With H being a cover symbol for three different phonemes, so we have a
total of 30 alternative root reconstructions (ignoring the possibility
of exotic vocalism, e.g. *a instead of *e). Many of those potential
roots are actually attested.

Piotr